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G. W. BANKBR.

, PAUGETPOR OIL cANs. No. 341,210. Patented May 4.1886.

UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICE.

GEORGE V. BANKER, OF BROOKLYN, NEV YORK.

FAUCET FOR OIL-CANS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 341,210l dated May 4, 1886.

Application filed February 24, 1886. Serial No. 192,991. (No model.)

ToaZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE W. BANKER, of Brooklyn, county of Kings, State of New York, and a citizen of the United States, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Oil-Gan Faucets, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.

My invention relates to a faucet for oil and other fluid-holding cans; and my invention4 consists in the devices and their` combinations hereinafter described, and as more at length recited in the claims.

Figure l is a vertical central sectional view of a faucet containing my invention. Fig. 2 is a similar view of a modified form of faucet containing myinvention. Fig. 3 is an interior plan of the screw-cap of the faucet shown in Fig. l, and Fig. 4 is a vertical section of the said cap onthe line m x, Fig. 3.

Ais the body or barrel of the faucet, and is partially closed at both ends by perforated disks a ce. The upper disk, a, may have the annular threaded iiange ai, adapted to turn down upon the correspondingly-threaded rim of the body, as shown. From the opening in the upper disk or cap, a, rises a screw-threaded tube, a3.

B is a screw-threaded plunger working in said tube a3 and extending down into the faucet-body. This plunger carries the cork B at its lower end, which is the valve of thefaucet.

C is the faucet-spout.

D is a metal cap, adapted to t upon and enclose the upper part of the cork B. This cap has the external circumferential groove d in its flange d', and the rim of the flange is preferably turned inwardly upon the cork, so that the cork will be prevented from escaping from the cap, as shown at d2.

Thelower end of the plunger B is attached to the cap D by means of an annular ange, b, which is turned inwardly into the groove din the cap, and is in comparatively loose engagement with said groove. Vhen the plunger is screwed down the under face of the cork B rests against the perforated lower disk, a', constituting the lower valve-seat, against 5o which the cork presses to close the faucet.

By means of these described devices, when the cork reaches the valve-seat in the lower disk, a', the further turning downward of the plunger B to tighten the cork to the valveseat and thus securely close the valve, will not operate to rotate the cork on the valveseat; but the cork will remain stationary, and the turning of the plunger be permitted by the engagement of its angeb with the circumferential groove d on the cap D holding the cork. This result is desirable, as the wear ofthe cork on the valve-seat is thus avoided. The connection between the capped-cork valve B and the plunger constitutes a swivel-joint for the former upon the latter.

In the body or barrel of the faucet I form an opening or vent, e, and this vent maybe forln'ed in the side wall of the body, as shown in Fig. 2, or in the upper disk or screw-cap7 a, as shown in Fig. l. This vent e, I provide with an inwardly-opening valve, e. This valve I construct of material possessing sufficient elasticity to return to and remain on its seat on the vent e, when the air-pressure on the interior and exterior of the faucet are equal and of a character which will not be affected by the fluid contents of the can. In cans for carrying petroleum-oil I find that dressed kid-skin possesses the elasticity and durability required for the valve, and I therefore prefer to employ kid-skin for this purpose in such oil-cans. The valve is secured to the wall of the faucet-body by means of the shouldered metal clip e2, whichcan be soldered to the body, and its raised end pressed down into close contact with the fast` ening-end of the valve, which is seated between the said end of the clip and the faucetbody, thus leaving the free or clapper77 end of the valve to operate to open and close the vent e. The object of this valve is to permit the ingress of air to the can when the can is tilted to decant it through the opened faucet. Heretofore oil-can faucets have been provided with vents to admit air for this purpose, which are opened and remain open when and while the contents of the can are being decanted through the faucet; but in such faucets so constructed the tendency of the oil passing through the faucet is to escape at the airvent as well as at the spout.

By means of my described vent and its valve IOO it is evident that upon the opening of the faucet and tilting of the can, the external air will act to open the Valve and pass into the can to overcome the Vacuum caused in the can by the passage therefrom through the spout of the contained oil, and that upon the establishment of an equal pressure of air internally and externally of the can, the valve e will close automatically to its seat and thus shut the vent e, and the escape of oil therefrom] be Wholly prevented.

Vhat I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. In a spouted faucet for oil-cans, the coinbination of the screw-threaded plunger y B, Working in a screw-threaded tube in the faucet-body, and having the inwardly-turned annular flange b of the cork-valve B Working to a seat in the perforated bottom of the body,

and having the cap D, With its external circumferential groove d, and itsinWardly-turned rim d, all constructed and arranged to operate as and for the purpose set forth.

2. In a spouted faucet, the combination, with a screw-threaded plunger working in a screw-threaded tube in the faucet-body, and carrying a Valve working to a seat in the perforated bottom of the body, of a Vent, e, in the Wall of the body, and the elastic valve e, having one end thereof seated between the downwardlybent shouldered end of the clip e2 and the Wall of the faucet-body, the free end thereof Working as a clapper on said vent, as and for the purpose specified.

l GEO. XV. BANKER.

Vitnesses:

A. S. FITCH, A. G. N. VERMILYA. 

